Chapter 344

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi mathurāyāṃ śivakuṇḍaṃ paraṃ mahat |
tīrthaṃ śivakṛtaṃ tatra ciraṃ tepe haraḥ svayam || 1 ||
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tatra kṛṣṇaḥ samāgatya śivaṃ prāha ca mādhavaḥ |
kathaṃ vai tapyate śaṃbho tapaḥ paramadāruṇam || 2 ||
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śaṃbhuḥ prāha mahārāja daityairatyarditāḥ surāḥ |
asurāṇāṃ vināśāyehā'vataritumarhasi || 3 ||
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tathāstviti hariḥ prāha yamyāṃ snātvā harastataḥ |
samāpya tu tapastasmād yayau kailāsameva saḥ || 4 ||
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kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaścāpi yayau golokameva ha |
ādye dvāparasaṃyoge jāto'sau kṛṣṇa eva tu || 5 ||
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śivakuṇḍamidaṃ tīrthaṃ kṛṣṇāgamanakārakam |
bhuktimuktipradaṃ yatra snātvā vaikuṇṭhamāpyate || 6 ||
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śivakuṇḍottare tīrthaṃ saṃyamanaṃ supuṇyadam |
snānena jāyate bhāgyaṃ saubhāgyaṃ rūpavattvakam || 7 ||
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svargaṃ tathā paro mokṣaḥ prāpyete nātra saṃśayaḥ |
saṃyamano mahātīrthe yadyad vṛttaṃ purātanam || 8 ||
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śṛṇu lakṣmi mahāścaryakaraṃ pāpapraṇāśanam |
naimiṣāraṇyavāstavyo niṣādo tuṣṭamānasaḥ || 9 ||
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pāpācāraḥ samāyātaḥ kadācinmathurāṃ prati |
nityaṃ snāti yamunāyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ taraṇena ca || 10 ||
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prati taṭaṃ samāyāti yāti cāpi punastathā |
evaṃ snāte taratyapi kṛṣṇacaturdaśītithau || 11 ||
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tartukāmo niṣādaḥ sa jale papāta yāmune |
tatāra yamunāṃ so'tha tīrthaṃ saṃyamanaṃ prati || 12 ||
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yāvadāyātyabhitīraṃ prāpya saṃyamanaṃ śubhe |
mamajjā'sau śramito vai nimagno jalamāpapau || 13 ||
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aśaktaḥ sa mahāpāpaḥ sadyaḥ prāṇairvyayujyata |
tīrthaprabhāvataścāsya dhvastaṃ pāpakaraṇḍakam || 14 ||
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puṇyaṃ jātaṃ mahattasya tena jāto bhuvaḥ patiḥ |
saurāṣṭraviṣaye deśe saurāṣṭrādhipatirnṛpaḥ || 15 ||
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bhadrāpattanasāmrājyaṃ cakāra sa dhanurdharaḥ |
nāmnā yakṣmadhanurnāma kṣatriyo vasudhādhipaḥ || 16 ||
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pālayāmāsa vasudhāṃ kṣatradharmaṃ samāśritaḥ |
raivatādrinivāsānāṃ siddhānāṃ sevako hyayam || 17 ||
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nityaṃ yānena saṃyāti darśanārthaṃ girau mudā |
pūrvasyāmaśvapaṭṭasya sarasaśca taṭe śubhe || 18 ||
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patnīvratāśrame gatvā taṃ dadarśa mahāmunim |
dadarśa kaṃbharālakṣmīṃ gopālakṛṣṇamīśvaram || 19 ||
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kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ cāpi dadarśa nityameva saḥ |
tatpratāpena rājā'sau kṛṣṇabhaktaśca vaiṣṇavaḥ || 20 ||
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jāto mahān balī yasya rakṣaṇe kaṇṭhamālikā |
varmātmikā pradattā yā nṛpaṃ rakṣati sarvathā || 21 ||
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tayā yuddhe'pi nṛpatī rakṣito vijayī sadā |
iti hetorgaurjarāṇāṃ marūṇāṃ rājyamāptavān || 22 ||
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vaihāyasena yānena kāśīyātrārthameva saḥ |
yayau kāśīnṛpatinā viditvā vaiṣṇava param || 23 ||
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vijayinaṃ kīrtimantaṃ satkṛtyā'smai nijā sutā |
pradattā pīvarīnāmnī nītvā tāṃ sa yayau puram || 24 ||
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bhadrāpattanamāgamya tenoḍhā pīvarī śubhā |
patnīśatānāṃ mukhyānāṃ pravarā sā kṛtā priyā || 25 ||
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tāṃ caiva ramayāmāsa sūdyāneṣu vaneṣu ca |
prāsādeṣu ca ramyeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca || 26 ||
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prajāḥ pālayatastasya dānāni dadatastathā |
kālo gacchati rājā'sau putrapautrayuto'bhavat || 27 ||
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bhogāsaktasya ca yayurvarṣāṇi tvayutāni vai |
putrāḥ putryaḥ pañcaśatānyasyā'bhavan suśobhanāḥ || 28 ||
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kanyā vivāhitā sarvā vidhinā tena sarvathā |
jyeṣṭhe'rpitaṃ mahārājyaṃ madhyameṣu purāṇi vai || 29 ||
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kaniṣṭheṣu kṣitiryogyā jīvikārthā'rpitā'tha ca |
evaṃ svayaṃ sukhaṃ prāpto nivṛtto rājyakāryataḥ || 30 ||
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rājñīnāṃ jīvikāklṛptiṃ cakre'tha śayane kvacit |
pīvaryā saha suptaḥ san svapne saṃvadate jñavat || 31 ||
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hāhā ohoho gacchāvaḥ kimatra jīvanena vai |
smṛtvā tāṃ mathurāṃ bhūmiṃ smṛtvā tīrthaṃ tu saṃyamam || 32 ||
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tataḥ pīvarī prāha kimevaṃ bhāṣase nṛpa |
priyāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā prāha priyāṃ prati || 33 ||
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mattaḥ suptaḥ pramattaśca hyasambaddhaṃ prabhāṣate |
nidrādhīnasya vacanaṃ nā'vadhāryaṃ tvayā priye || 34 ||
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pīvaryuvāca me nātha śrutaṃ punaḥ punarmayā |
bahuvāraṃ yatastadvai dṛḍhasaṃskārajaṃ bhavet || 35 ||
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jātismaro mahārāja me tvaṃ vibhāsi tadvada |
prāgbhavīyaṃ tvayā rājan procyate vada me'nagha || 36 ||
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kathayasva mamā'dya tvaṃ yadyahaṃ vallabhā tava |
prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmyaha rājan gopāyiṣyasi me yadi || 37 ||
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priyāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā pratyuvāca narādhipaḥ |
avaśyaṃ yadi vaktavyaṃ gacchāmo mathurāṃ purīm || 38 ||
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prakāśe tvāvayormṛtyurbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
tatra gatvā prāgbhavīyaṃ kathayiṣye hyudantakam || 39 ||
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dadasva vipulaṃ dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sulocane |
putrān saṃsthāpya dauhitrān sve sve sthāne nibhālya ca || 40 ||
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grāmān kośāṃśca ratnāni putrān vīkṣya vitīrya ca |
rājā sammānayāmāsa janānpuranivāsinaḥ || 41 ||
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pitṛpaitāmaharājyapālanārthaṃ yathākramam |
putrānāvedya ca tathā kuṭumbibāndhavān priyāḥ || 42 ||
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kuśalārthaṃ bodhayitvā dārān niyujya rakṣaṇe |
atha prāha suhṛnmitrabhṛtyadāsīpradāsakān || 43 ||
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rājyaṃ sampāditaṃ yadvai bandhanaṃ tattu sarvathā |
mamā''tmamokṣaṇārthaṃ vai gacchāmi mathurāṃ purīm || 44 ||
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santoṣācca tathā tyāgānnāstyanyat paramaṃ sukham |
nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣurnāsti cakṣuḥsamaṃ balam || 45 ||
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nāsti rāgasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti tyāgātparaṃ sukham |
yaḥ kāmān kurute sarvān yaścaitān sarvathā tyajet || 46 ||
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prāyeṇa sarvakāmānāṃ parityāgo viśiṣyate |
tasmānmayā pragantavyaṃ tīrthaṃ tu mathurāṃ purīm || 47 ||
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ityāvedya janānsarvānputrānniyujya rakṣaṇe |
yathāpekṣabalopetaḥ samprāpto mathurāṃ purīm || 48 ||
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tena dṛṣṭā purī ramyā pīvaryā cāvalokitā |
tīrthairmuktipradairyuktā puṇyā pāpaharā śubhā || 49 ||
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ramyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ nāma viṣṇusthānamanuttamam |
yad dṛṣṭvā manujo lakṣmi kṛtakṛtyo hi jāyate || 50 ||
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śrāvaṇaśuklaikādaśyāṃ yamīsnātaḥ pramucyate |
tathā saumyaṃ madhuvanaṃ mama sthānamanuttamam || 51 ||
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dvitīyaṃ tadvanaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtakṛtyo hi jāyate |
vanaṃ kundavanaṃ nāma tṛtīyaṃ caitramuttamam || 52 ||
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bhādrakṛṣṇaikādaśikātithau snātaḥ pramucyate |
caturthaṃ kāmyakavanaṃ mama dhāmapradaṃ śubham || 53 ||
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vimalasya ca kuṇḍe vai snātaḥ pāpātpramucyate |
yastatra muṃcati prāṇān mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || 54 ||
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pañcamaṃ bakulavanaṃ mama vihārabhūsthalam |
tatra gatvā tathā snātvā vahnilokaṃ pragacchati || 55 ||
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yamunāyāḥ pare pāre ṣaṣṭhaṃ bhadravanaṃ mama |
tatra gatvā tathā snātvā nāgalokaṃ pragacchati || 56 ||
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saptamaṃ me vanaṃ tatra khādiraṃ yajñasadṛśam |
pavitraṃ tu naro dṛṣṭvā mama lokagato bhavet || 57 ||
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mahāvanaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ me sarvavṛkṣasamanvitam |
yatra gatvā tu manuja indraloke mahīyate || 58 ||
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navamaṃ tu vanaṃ lohajaṃghavanaṃ vanottamam |
tatra yāturjanasyaitanmahāpātakanāśakam || 59 ||
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vanaṃ bilvavanaṃ nāma daśamaṃ devapūjitam |
tatra gatvā tu manujo brahmaloke mahīyate || 60 ||
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ekādaśaṃ tu bhāṇḍīraṃ yogadaṃ yogināṃ hi tat |
yatra vai vartate vṛkṣo bhāṇḍīravaṭasaṃjñakaḥ || 61 ||
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yatra vai rādhayā sākaṃ vivāho me prajāyate |
tasya darśanamātreṇa jano garbhaṃ na gacchati || 62 ||
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rādhākṛṣṇaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā punarjanma na vidyate |
tulasīvanamevātra vanaṃ dvādaśakaṃ priye || 63 ||
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kṛṣṇatvaṅmayavṛkṣāṇāṃ mokṣadaṃ me vivāhabhūḥ |
vṛndāvanaṃ haritānāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ vanameva me || 64 ||
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tatra gatvā cāvaluṇṭhya patraṃ tvattvā dalaṃ tathā |
dṛṣṭvā vṛndaṃ tulasīṃ ca smṛtvā māṃ yamunājale || 65 ||
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snātvā ca muktimāpano goloke me mahīyate |
vṛndāṃ tulasīṃ govindaṃ ye paśyanti janāḥ priye || 66 ||
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na te yamapuraṃ yānti yānti golokameva me |
svargaṃ sakāmā gacchanti tato vai me padaṃ param || 67 ||
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etādṛśaṃ mahat tīrthaṃ mathurāmabhigamya tau |
mudamavāpatustīrthavidhiṃ cakraturādarāt || 68 ||
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pīvarī bhojanaṃ kṛtvā kārayitvā patiṃ tataḥ |
papraccha svāpnavṛttāntaṃ yadguhyaṃ pūrvabhāṣitam || 69 ||
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yaduktaṃ nṛparājena vakṣyāmi mathurāṃ prati |
tanme vada mahārāja yadgopyaṃ pūrvabhāṣitam || 70 ||
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rājā'pyāha svakāṃ patnīṃ yathāprāgbhavajāṃ kathām |
śṛṇu patni niṣādo'haṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsakṛt || 71 ||
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atrāgatya mṛtaḥ saṃyamane tīrthe jalāntare |
tena puṇyena saurāṣṭre rājā jātaḥ pratāpavān || 72 ||
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pannīvratākhyakṛṣṇasya pratāpenā''marukṣiteḥ |
sāmrājyaṃ labdhamevāpi tvaṃ labdhā kāśīrājataḥ || 73 ||
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jātismaraḥ sadā tīrthaṃ smarāmi śayane tava |
kadācinnidrayā vyāptaḥ pravadāmi tu tat khalu || 74 ||
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hāhā ahoho gacchāvaḥ kimatra jīvanena vai |
ityetanme prāgbhavīyaṃ vṛttaṃ kathitamaṃgane || 75 ||
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śrutvā sāpi svakaṃ prāha vṛttaṃ jātismarā nṛpī |
ahaṃ tu pīvarī nāma gaṃgātīranivāsinī || 76 ||
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āgatemāṃ purīṃ draṣṭuṃ kārtikadvādaśītithau |
nāvamāruhya yāntīha patitā yamunājale || 77 ||
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sadyaḥ prāṇairviyuktā ca kāśīrājasutā'bhavam |
tvayā vivāhitā rājanna ca māṃ sā'jahāt smṛtiḥ || 78 ||
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etattīrthaprabhāveṇa rājapatnī tavā'bhavam |
dhārāpatanake tīrthe mama mṛtyurajāyata || 79 ||
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punardṛṣṭaṃ mokṣatīrthaṃ mathurāyāṃ prapuṇyataḥ |
āvayorāyuṣorantaḥ samāyāto'sti bhūpate || 80 ||
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adyaiva bahudānāni deyāni svakareṇa me |
ityuktvā yamunātīrthe snātvā dānāni sā dadau || 81 ||
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rājāpi kṛtavān puṇyaṃ dānaṃ viprādibhojanam |
godānaṃ svarṇadānaṃ ca tiladānaṃ dhanārpaṇam || 82 ||
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bhūdānaṃ viprakanyānāṃ dānānyapi ca vai mudā |
yajñopavītadānāni vastrānnadānamityapi || 83 ||
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sarvaṃ kṛtvā tato rājā rājñī cobhau saha sthitau |
yamunāyāstaṭe vai cāyātā golokapārṣadāḥ || 84 ||
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vimānena sahitāste pīvarīṃ yakṣmarājakam |
caturbhujau divyadehau kṛtvā ninyurhareḥ padam || 85 ||
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evaṃ tau mathurāṃ prāpya snātvā yāmunatīrthake |
māṃ paśyātau niyamatastatraiva nidhanaṃ gatau || 86 ||
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sarvabhāvaṃ vihāyaiva gatau mama salokatām |
etatte kathitaṃ lakṣmi yadāścaryamabhūnmahat || 87 ||
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tyaktvā tanuṃ janastīrthe dhārāpātanasaṃjñake |
nākalokaṃ ca golokamavāpnoti na saśayaḥ || 88 ||
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yamuneśvaramāsādya tyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ |
viṣṇulokamavāpnoti divyamūrtiścaturbhujaḥ || 89 ||
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iti lakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne mathurākṣetramāhātmye śivakuṇḍatīrthaṃ saṃyamanatīrthaṃ mṛtasya niṣādasya saurāṣṭrarājyaprāptiḥ kāśīrājaputryā vivāhaḥ tayorjātismarayormathurāyāṃ maraṇaṃ yamuneśvaramāhātmyamityādinirūpaṇanāmā catuścatvāriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 344 ||
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